SAS is currently accepting submissions for the 10th annual Saints and Sinners Short Fiction Contest. The winner will be selected from this years submissions of original, unpublished short stories between 3,000 and 7,000 words with LGBT content on the broad theme of Saints and Sinners.

Winners will receive:

One grand prize of $500 and two second place prizes of $100 will be awarded.

In addition, the top stories will be published in an anthology from Bold Strokes Books.

A list of the top ten finalists will be posted on the SAS website and in the SAS e-newsletter.

The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as an innovative way to reach the community with information about HIV/AIDS, particularly disseminating prevention messages via the writers, thinkers and spokes-people of the LGBT community. It was also formed to bring the LGBT literary community together to celebrate the literary arts.

The Festival has grown into an internationally-recognized event that brings together a who’s who of LGBT publishers, writers and readers from throughout the United States and beyond. The Festival, held over 3 days each spring, features panel discussions and master classes around literary topics that provide a forum for authors, editors and publishers to talk about their work for the benefit of emerging writers and the enjoyment of fans of LGBT literature.